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And when he was called forth, Ter-tul''lus began to accuse him, saying, It is through you that we enjoy great tranquility, and owing to your care many excellent things have been done for this people.

We have found this man to be a pestilent fellow and a worker of sedition among the Jews throughout the world, for he is the ringleader of the sect of the Naz''a-renes.

Then he commanded his accusers to come to you. Now when you question him, you can learn for yourself concerning all these things of which we accuse him.

Then the governor beckoned to Paul to speak. Paul answered and said, For in as much as I know that you have been a judge for many years to this people, therefore I do the more cheerfully answer in my own defense:

For this reason, I labor to have always a clear conscience before God and before men.

Except it be for this one saying which I cried standing before them, It is for the resurrection of the dead that I am tried before you this day.

And after a few days, Fe''lix with his wife Dru-sil''la, who was a Jewess, sent for Paul, and heard him concerning the faith of Christ.

And as he spoke with them concerning righteousness, holiness, and the judgment to come, Fe''lix was filled with fear, and said, You may go, and when I have opportunity I will send for you.

Since he was expecting a bribe from Paul, he often sent for him to be brought and conversed with him.

They besought him as a favor to send for him and bring him to Jerusalem, for they were plotting to kill him on the way.

But he appealed to be kept as a prisoner for a trial before C''sar. I accordingly commanded him to be kept in custody till I might send him to C''sar.

But when I found he had done nothing worthy of death, and because he himself had appealed to be kept in custody for a trial before Csar, I commanded to send him.

For it is not proper to send a prisoner, without writing down the charges against him.

For they have been acquainted with me a long time, and know that I was brought up with the excellent doctrine of the Phar''i-sees.

And now I stand and am on trial for the hope of the promise made of God to our fathers.

It is to the fulfillment of this hope that our twelve tribes expect to come, by means of earnest prayers day and night. And for this very hope''s sake, I am accused by the Jews, O King A-grip''pa.

For I at the very beginning was determined that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.

I was on the way to Damascus for this purpose, with authority and commission from the chief priests, when,

When we all fell to the ground, then I heard a voice speaking unto me, in the Hebrew tongue (Ar-a-ma''ic), Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? It is hard for you to kick against the pricks.

Then he said to me, Rise and stand upon your feet: for I have appeared to you for this purpose, to appoint you a minister and a witness both of these things in which you have seen me, and of those things in which you will also see me again.